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Working Geek: Arlan Collins’ architecture firm uses VR and ‘modular building’

Arlan Collins has been in architecture for more than 40 years. For the past 30, he’s owned his own firm,… Read More

Seattle designers seek $50K on Kickstarter to build Spektra, an interactive VR experience room

Promising a “fun, mind-bending experience with friends that doesn’t involve legal marijuana,” a new Seattle-based Kickstarter project called Spektra is… Read More

Bungee jump off the Space Needle in ExpediaLabs’ first virtual reality release

While he doesn’t wish for virtual reality to become a replacement for real travel, Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has said in the… Read More

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Geared Up: iPhone rumors, a potential SNES Classic Edition and strong words for Facebook’s VR chat

The new iPhone is months away from being released, but some insiders are already getting chatty about its design. Bloomberg… Read More

Seattle startup Viro Media raises $2.5M to ‘democratize VR development’

Danny Moon believes we’re on the cusp of a virtual reality revolution that’s held back by a lack of content. Getting… Read More

Video game arcades are back – this time, with virtual reality for the masses

Remember the days when arcades were the places where kids could play the coolest video games? No? Well, now you… Read More

Oculus’ ‘Mission: ISS’ takes one more step toward giant leap for virtual space station

Oculus has just launched “Mission: ISS,” a virtual-reality simulation that takes advantage of the company’s headset and handheld controllers to let you… Read More

Facebook drops price of Oculus Rift and Touch bundle by $200 in effort to attract VR customers

Facebook is cutting the price of its Oculus Rift headset and Touch controller bundle by $200, the company announced Wednesday.… Read More

Samsung Gear VR gets a controller as company flexes virtual muscle at Mobile World Congress

Samsung’s Gear VR will join some of its virtual reality contemporaries with the announcement that it will soon get a… Read More

Inside the VR hit ‘Rec Room’ with Against Gravity, a breakthrough virtual reality startup in Seattle

Is there a more universally accepted measure of “Damn, that was fun” than the high-five? For players of the virtual… Read More

Valve is working on three new virtual reality games, ‘not just experiments’

Valve has been teasing virtual reality games since last year, but on Friday the Bellevue-based company finally gave details about… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur launches VR startup with an unusual spin after selling her startup to UW

(Updated Thursday with details about UW’s acquisition of Zealyst). After selling her enterprise collaboration startup Zealyst to the University of Washington,… Read More

I was a VR skeptic (and then my 7-year-old son gave it a try)

Maybe I am a cynical old journalist, but I’ve been in the anti-VR camp ever since it became the big… Read More

Watch this striking virtual reality footage chronicling Seattle’s homeless crisis

Virtual reality adds an immersive power to video that has the ability to transport us to places we could only… Read More

Take a 360-degree tour of the White House with Barack and Michelle Obama

In exactly one week, the Obamas will vacate the White House. As a farewell, the president and first lady teamed… Read More

Envelop VR CEO discusses why his venture-backed VR startup shut down: ‘We were way early’

A day after news broke that Envelop VR was shutting its doors, the CEO of the Bellevue-based virtual reality startup… Read More

New political reality? Why these lawmakers donned VR headsets in a committee hearing

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Legislators on the Washington state House Technology & Economic Development Committee were given some first-hand experience with virtual reality… Read More

The female perspective: Takeaways from my experience watching VR porn made for dudes

LAS VEGAS — Last week, I got to experience something I never thought possible as a woman: sex from the… Read More

Hall of Fame QB Joe Montana loves VR, wishes it was around when he was playing

LAS VEGAS — Former San Francisco 49ers star quarterback Joe Montana is just one of the many attendees at this… Read More

GeekWire CES Dispatch, Day 2: High-tech celebrities, Alexa in the fridge, and VR barf bags

LAS VEGAS — The final CES media day was packed with surprises, reveals, and more than anything, Amazon’s Alexa. As… Read More

VR game studio Drifter Entertainment, led by Oculus and HoloLens vets, raises $2.25M

Drifter Entertainment, a Seattle startup founded by veterans of Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus, just announced $2.25 million in seed funding… Read More

Why this venture capitalist doesn’t see opportunity in virtual reality

Voyager Capital’s Erik Benson has seen plenty of technologies come and go during his nearly 20 years in the venture… Read More

Reality bites: Watch as man using VR in Microsoft store falls from fake cliff and hits real floor

The makers of virtual reality headsets and content may still be waiting for consumers to fall for the medium as… Read More

Party planners considering using the Space Needle can visit Seattle landmark in virtual reality

If you’re thinking about putting on or attending an event at Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and want to see what… Read More

Oscar-winning director Iñárritu offers the reason why he’s doing a new VR film about immigration

PALM DESERT, Calif.—Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu has taken audiences on mind-blowing experiences in recent years, telling stories of vengeance… Read More

Conan O’Brien tries VR: ‘This is going to put the marijuana industry out of business’

Conan O’Brien visited YouTube’s VR Lab in New York City and reacted pretty much the way everyone does when they… Read More

Virtual reality porn is just foreplay: Why augmented reality is the future of adult entertainment

The adult industry has been propelling — and in some cases initiating — new technologies since the invention of the printing… Read More

Veterans of Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus raise cash for stealthy Seattle VR game studio

Drifter Entertainment, a virtual reality gaming company led by three Seattle-area tech vets, secured a $400,000 seed round according to… Read More

Expedia’s CEO on virtual reality travel: ‘I hope it fails miserably’

In March, Expedia live-streamed 360-degree virtual adventures to four children too sick to leave the hospital, causing speculation that the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: VR storytelling content management startup VIAR proves the power of the pivot

By the summer of 2015, VIAR was nearly bankrupt. The product — virtual reality tours to help architects show clients future… Read More